A FURIOUS dad has condemned the cruel hoaxers who made his 15-year-old daughter believe she had won through to the TV auditions of Britain’s Got Talent.

Excited singer Nicole Alexander turned up at Glasgow’s SECC yesterday with her parents, stepdad, gran and brother after getting a text telling her she would perform for the judges.

She had told all her school friends about her big chance. But BGT staff had no idea who she was and were forced to turn her away, leaving her in tears.

Nicole’s dad, Paul Feeney, said: “My daughter is inconsolable. She has to face everyone at school and say it was a mistake. It seems she might have been the victim of some sick practical joke.

“I have no idea how somebody could do that to her. Maybe they are jealous of her talent. I’m livid. It’s terrible.”

Nicole, of Pollok, Glasgow, who auditioned last October, said: “I’m devastated. I can’t believe someone would do this to me.

“I thought the message was genuine. It said they would be in touch with dates but I never heard anything else.

“I was really happy and told everyone. I’d been looking forward to it and preparing for months – I even took singing lessons. I took the day off school to come down. I’m gutted.”

A BGT spokeswoman confirmed they never contact successful acts by text.

Thousands of fans waited in pouring rain to see the judges arrive at the SECC and some complained that they were kept waiting too long. Three people suffering from the effects of the weather were taken inside by first aiders.

A spokesman for the show said: “We always forewarn everybody who comes that if they want to wait for the judges it may take time and they need to dress appropriately for the bad weather.

“We also give people numbered seated tickets for them to go away and come back if they choose to do so.”